Anybody said " Donkey stone" for the front step yet, and what about that horrable dark brown varnish Dad did the doors in and then used a bit of cardboard with teeth cut innit to make it look like graining...

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Hi Grinder,would you believe it i was just telling my 16yr old grandson all about varnishing and using a piece of cardboerd the other day after he had varnished a pine cladded wall for me,he couldnt believe thats how we did the doors in the old days.ps,he was earning his spending money.thats the way to do it.

---------- Post added 22-07-2016 at 19:14 ----------

Thee an' oose army?

It was a 'posher' in ar ouse!

---------- Post added 22-07-2016 at 00:28 ----------

Christ, that bag was heavy. In winter, couldn't get it up Erskine Avenue hill, it was too slippy.

Anybody said " Donkey stone" for the front step yet, and what about that horrable dark brown varnish Dad did the doors in and then used a bit of cardboard with teeth cut innit to make it look like graining...

A work of art that we lads appreciated.

Then FORMICA came out and changed the world!!

---------- Post added 22-07-2016 at 19:25 ----------

Hi Grinder,would you believe it i was just telling my 16yr old grandson all about varnishing and using a piece of cardboerd the other day after he had varnished a pine cladded wall for me,he couldnt believe thats how we did the doors in the old days.ps,he was earning his spending money.thats the way to do it.

---------- Post added 22-07-2016 at 19:14 ----------

Thee an' oose army?

It was a 'posher' in ar ouse!

---------- Post added 22-07-2016 at 00:28 ----------

Christ, that bag was heavy. In winter, couldn't get it up Erskine Avenue hill, it was too slippy.